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Home >>Visa Informations - Japan >> Entertainer Working Visa
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Entertainer
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Status of Residence |
Form |
Fees |
Validity |
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Single Entry |
Multiple Entry |
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Working visa |
Entertainer |
See Annexure-Japan-I |
Rs. 350 |
Rs. 350 |
1 to 3 years |
Who can Apply?
This visa is issued to the prospective applicant who is to make theatrical, musical performances and public entertainment at Japan.
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Conditions
1. When the applicant is to engage in theatrical performances or musical performances:
(a)The applicant must fall under anyone of the following three criteria, except in cases where the total receipts of the applicant’s performance is 5 million yen or more a day (If the performance is done in a group, then the group’s receipts must exceed this amount.).
(1) The applicant meets the standards as set by a foreign national or local government agency or an equivalent public or private organization.
(2) The applicant has spent a minimum of 2 years at foreign educational institution-studying subjects relevant to the type of performance in which he or she will engage.
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(3) The applicant must have a minimum of 2 years’ experience outside Japan in the type of performance in which he or she engage.
Note:- All the above conditions are waived off in case the applicant falls under category (2) above.
(b) The applicant must be invited by an organization which fulfills the following requirements, except in cases where the applicant is invited for the purpose of providing singing, dancing or performance of ethnic music at ethnic restaurants other than those classified as places for the entertainment of customers:
(1) The operator or the manager of the inviting organization should have at least 3 years’ experience in the show business involving foreign nationals.
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(2) The organization must employ at least 5 full-time employees in Japan.
(3) The organization is inviting foreign entertainers at a ratio of 10 or less foreign entertainers, including the applicant, to each full-time employee who has been continually employed by the organization for a minimum of 6 months (including managers, operators and other full-time employees), except in cases where the show is to take place at a facility provided for by the provisions of the Show Business Site. Act.
(4) The operator and all full-time employees of the organization must not have been found guilty of committing “any crime”. However, this does not apply when 5 years have passed from the termination of the sentence or termination of the suspension of execution of the sentence period.
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(5) The operator, manager or other full-time employees must not have committed any collective or customary violent offence in the past 3 years.
(c) The facility at which the applicant’s entertainment is to take place shall meet all of the following requirements:
(1) Attendance of the performance must not be limited to any specific groups or individuals.
(2) There must be a stage of at least 13 square meters.
(3) There must be a waiting room for the entertainers of at least 9 square meters (if the number of entertainers is greater than 5, there must be an additional 1.6 square meters for every extra entertainer).
(4) There must be at least 5 employees at the facility
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(5) The operator or other full-time employees of the facility must not have been found guilty of committing any crime. However, this does not apply when 5 years have passed from the termination of the sentence or termination of the suspension of execution of the sentence period.
(6) The operator, manager, or other full-time employees must not have committed any collective or customary violent offence.
Note:- However, conditions(5) and (6) above are to be fulfilled in cases where one entertainer gives the performance.
(d) The applicant should receive at least 200,000 yen per month.
2. Where the applicant is to engage in theatrical performances or musical performances, and
(1) When the applicant is invited by a national or local government agency, a corporation having a special status, or an educational institution, only the remuneration criteria must be met.
(2) When the applicant is invited by a cultural exchange organization established with funds from national or local government agencies or by a theme park with a boundary area of over 100,000 square meters for the purpose of performing in that theme park, only criteria (5) and (6) above of the facility criteria and the remuneration criteria must be met.
3. Where the applicant is to engage in public entertainment other than theatrical or musical performances, he or she should receive a salary not less than that a Japanese national would receive for comparable work.
4. Where the applicant is to engage in show business other than public entertainment, he or she should engage in one of the following activities and should receive a salary not less than that a Japanese national would receive for comparable work:
(a) Activities relating to advertisement of goods or business.
(b) Activities relating to production of broadcast programs (including cable broadcast programs) or movies.
(c) Activities relating to taking of commercial-use photographs.
(d) Activities relating to relating of commercial-use records.
Additional Documents Required
1. If the applicant intends to engage in theatrical / musical performances / Sports / other public entertainment, the following documents are required.
- Personal history along with the documents issued by the official organization, proving career and qualification regarding the activity of the applicant.
- Copies of company registration, profit and loss statement with staff list of the inviting company.
- Documents detailing the outline of the entertainment site.
- If the inviting organization undertakes the entertainment, a copy of the contract.
- Documents proving the activities, duration, position and salary of the applicant.
2. If the applicant intends to engage in show business, following documents are required.
- Documents showing the achievements in show business of the applicant.
- Document proving the activities, duration, position and salary of the applicant.
Activities authorized to be engaged in
Activities to engage in theatrical performances, arts, song, dance, musical performances, sports, or any other show business, production of television programs or movies, the photographing of modeals, etc. Applicants must fulfill certain conditions concerning personal history, work status, and form of entertainment.
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